Currently the fire's spreading south and the tar sands complex is north. If the wind shifts, though…
Much as I have no love at all for the Athabasca landwasting project, this is a city of 88,000+ ordinary people with regular jobs and lives, just trying to earn a living & get along who had to flee their homes with only minutes notice. A lot of them lost everything and it's a miracle that no one has been killed yet. I feel terrible for all of them but none at all for the politicians and captains of industry who put all of us in this position. It's not their mansions burning down, though.
In the article, they said that if the sands get hot enough, the tar's volatiles are driven off and that's what burns. They even have a firefighting strategy for this ( i guess its happened before) which is:bury it in foam to lock out the oxygen.
I was really worried this would start a subterranean fire like what happened in that PA coal town, but I think you're right about all the dirt and water suppressing that.
Nobody yet knows exactly how the fire started, but they do know where: A mobile home park.
Somehow, I knew these guys would be responsible.
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Currently the fire's spreading south and the tar sands complex is north. If the wind shifts, though…
Much as I have no love at all for the Athabasca landwasting project, this is a city of 88,000+ ordinary people with regular jobs and lives, just trying to earn a living & get along who had to flee their homes with only minutes notice. A lot of them lost everything and it's a miracle that no one has been killed yet. I feel terrible for all of them but none at all for the politicians and captains of industry who put all of us in this position. It's not their mansions burning down, though.
I guess they could ignite if hot enough. Think there's too much dirt ,and even water, in them to burn easily.
Eh, that's what happens when you settle for Instant.
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In the article, they said that if the sands get hot enough, the tar's volatiles are driven off and that's what burns. They even have a firefighting strategy for this ( i guess its happened before) which is:bury it in foam to lock out the oxygen.
I was really worried this would start a subterranean fire like what happened in that PA coal town, but I think you're right about all the dirt and water suppressing that.
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Sure, read the whole article…….yeesh………
Sorry.